thermos
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In the 1960s and 1970s, he would be up before the sun to pack a thermos of coffee and a camp lunch in one saddle bag and an acrid, tar-like screwworm killer in the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“I like to carry a small thermos with hot tea,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
The base fits in cupholders; the handle makes it easier to sip from a heavy thermos while multitasking.
From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2024
When I was growing up, the holidays meant no school, which gave me the chance to curl up on the couch in a robe and fuzzy socks while drinking hot chocolate from a red thermos.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
He poured cool water from his thermos over the hot pulp of his palms and set to work picking out shreds of tire rubber.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
Instead of using plastic water bottles, I use reusable thermoses or, if I did use a plastic water bottle, I can reuse it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2024
If we’re dealing in clichés, these thermoses belong in the lunchbox of a guy taking a break from the assembly line or in the hands of a construction worker.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024
It was a cool fall morning and families sat on blankets or newspapers in the grass, passing around thermoses of tea.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2022
Jonathan Baker runs eqpd, which makes reusable bags out of industrial vinyl that are popular for hauling a day’s necessities like ski boots, hats, gloves and thermoses from house to car.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2022
At twilight, the refugees gather with their blankets, rice pots, plates of fish, thermoses of tea, and eat noisily as the movie begins.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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